Nuremberg Forty Years Later: The Struggle Against Injustice in Our Time : International Human Rights Conference, November 1987 Papers and Proceeding [Paperback]

International Human Rights Conference (1987 McGill University) (Author), Irwin Cotler (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1995

An international human rights conference marked the 40th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. This collection of papers and proceedings invites the reader to share in discussions by leading human rights scholars and advocates. The collection includes speeches by Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel and Chilean human rights activist Carmen Quintana. Also included is the free speech/group libel/pornography debate between lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Judge Maxwell Cohen, lawyer Arthur Jethmalani, and legal theorist Kathleen Mahoney. Other papers include those of South African human rights lawyer Arthur Chaskalson and US Member of Parliament Paul Boateng; and war crimes specialists Irwin Citler, litigator David Matas, Australian Chief Justice Michael Kirby, and Alan Ryan Jr, former head of the US Office of Special Investigations

Editorial Reviews

Review

"It is not often that one can say of a book containing the papers and proceedings of a human rights conference - even a major international one such as this - that it is a significant and historical document. Well this is one." Alan M. Dershowitz, Harvard Law School, civil liberties lawyer and commentator. "A truly stimulating intellectual discussion." M.K. Schumaker, Department of Religion, Queen's University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Mcgill Queens Univ Pr (March 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0773512500
• ISBN-13: 978-0773512504
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,171,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)